REL100
Religion and Film
Subject code
REL
Course Number
100
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
M. Bruce
Course Long Title
Religion and Film
Description
This course introduces students to cinematic representations of religion in feature and documentary films. Films about religion are cultural documents in and through which individual artists, religious and nonreligious groups, and nations symbolically construct their conceptions of themselves and the world. They are also the occasion for political, social, and cultural debates about ethnic and national identities. This course adopts a cultural studies approach to the study of films about religion and invites students to investigate the public debate and interdisciplinary questions and issues raised by the release of films such as Avatar, Schindler’s List, The Passion of the Christ, Daughters of the Dust, and The Hurt Locker.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC], Historical and Social Inquiry [HS]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
INDS Program Relationship
IDAM - AMST Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
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